Tea cartridge



`une 16 1924. ,497,l75 I B. HIRSCHHQRN TEA CARTRIDGE Filed oct. 26.192:5

IN VEN TOR BY l ATTORNEY l .the drawings, the numeral 1'0 indicates aBENJAMIN H IRSCHHORN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 MILLIE PATENT'HOLD- ING CO. INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION .OF NEW YORK.

TEA. CARTRIDGE.

Application filed October 26, .1.923. Serial No. 670,858.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN HmsCi-:r-I HORN, a citizen-of the UnitedStates, and resident of the city'l of New York, in the county of Bronxand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Tea Cartridges, of which-the following is a specification. v

The present invention relates to cartridges for percolating orextracting the flavor from tea leaves or codee, and has for its mainobject to provide a cartridge in the form of a bag, the mouth of whichis closed by a staple or clip, which serves at the same time to attach-.to the bag a suspending string. v-

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same .consists inthe combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafterdescribed, pointed out' in thel appended claim and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may beniade in the size and 'proportion of the several parts and details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claim, without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any'of the advantages of the invention. Y

Two of the many possible embodiment of the invention are illustrated, inthe vaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a teacartridge constructed'in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, on a larger scalef; Fig. 3 isan elevation similar to the one shown in Fig.

1 of a modification of the invention; and, Fig. 4 is a section taken online 4--4 ofl Fig. 3, on a larger scale.

Referringl now first to Figs. 1 and 2 of bag of open-mesh textilefabric, such as for instance cotton, it being made in any suitablemanner. In preparing the tea cartridge, tea leaves or coffee for' asingle brewing are placed into the said bag, and one end of a suspendingstring 11 placed against the mouth portion thereof. A staple 12,preferably U'-shaped, is then applied to the said mouth portion, theprongs -13 of the said staple being forced' through vthe two plies ofthe bag, said prongs being then bent a ainst one of the said plies, asshown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings, the web portion 14 of the sta leabutting against the other one of said ies. The width of the bodyportion of t e staple is somewhat less than the width of the bag,- asclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings,'whereby the mouth of thesaid bag is eifectively closed, the suspending string -being securelyheld in place upon the cartridge by the staple. outer, free end of thesuspendingstring is attached a handle 15 of pasteboard or like material,for a described.

In brewing tea or coffee with the improved device, the cartridge istaken hold of by its handle 15 and lowered into the brewing rece tacle,the free end 0f the string and han le being permitted to hang over thepurpose hereinafter to be mouth of the receptacle, after which its coverisput in place. The cover thus holds the free end of the string andhandle ready for further operation. Into the receptacle is poured,either before or after the insertion of the cartridge, a suitablequantity of boiling water. When .sufficient essence has been extractedfrom the tea. leaves or coffee within the cartridge, the cover of thebrewing receptacle is removed and the bag withdrawn by grasping itshandle.`

The modification illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings differsfrom the one To the above described in that, instead of the staple f 12,a metal strip 16 is employed, said strip being of U-shapedcross-section, as clearlyshown in Fig. 4 ofthe drawings. In preparingthis cartridge, Yone end of the suspending string 1l is placed againstone ofthe plies of the bag at the'mouth portion of the latter, and thestrip 16 caused to embrace the mouthof the'bag, it being held inposition upon 4the bag by pressing the leg portions 17 of the closurestrip toward one another into gripping positions.

'What I claim is i A device for extracting essence from tea leaves orcoffee, comprising a bag of textile fabric having a fiat mouth, asuspending string placed against said mouth, and a metal sealing deviceof a width substantially of that of said bag in engagement with themouth portion of said bag, said sealing device attaching said string tosaid ba Signed at New York, in the county of'New York,and State of NewYork, this 16th dayof October, A. D. 1923.

BENJAMIN HIRsoHHoRN.

